RoughCoronet0
Dragon Lover
I'll admit I don't read a whole lot of books, but the Inheritance Cycle series are a few books I have taken some inspiration from.
And as far as I can tell pretty foundational for the big idea of a D&D wizard college.Ursula K. LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea. Also the very first fantasy book I ever read.
Every homebrew setting I've done since has had an archipelago. It's shaped my thinking about summonings and true names. And dragons are never just monsters.
I know it's in the 5e Appendix E, but since the series started in 1964 it's a crying shame it wasn't in the original Appendix N.
Why do you find it so?I have read hundreds of scifi/fantasy books.
For D&D gaming, I find scifi/fantasy via tv and movies far more inspiring.